The preliminary inquiry of a Calgary murder suspect ended earlier than expected when the judge presiding over the hearing determined she\u2019d heard sufficient evidence to order the accused to stand trial.<\/p>\n
Crown prosecutors Greg Piper and Ryan Foran closed their case Wednesday before Justice Heather Lamoureux committed Devon Bradley Malik to stand trial on a charge of first-degree murder.<\/p>\n
Lamoureux made her ruling after hearing 14 of the anticipated 19 witnesses the Crown had scheduled to call during the hearing, which began Monday and was set to run until Friday.<\/p>\n
At the outset of the inquiry defence counsel Jim Lutz was granted a publication ban on the evidence presented by the prosecutors.<\/p>\n
Lutz also indicated he wouldn\u2019t be arguing against committal for his client. A preliminary inquiry must determine if there is some evidence for which a jury could convict and is a low bar for the prosecution to meet.<\/p>\n
Malik is charged in connection with the fatal shooting last July 19, of his ex-girlfriend, Madisson Cobb in a parking garage near the Macleod Trail S.W. LASIK MD clinic where she worked.<\/p>\n
At the time Malik, who remains in custody, was subject to a restraining order that he have no contact with her.<\/p>\n
The case is back in court May 22.<\/p>\n
Hearing underway to determine if Calgary murder suspect will stand trial in shooting death of his ex-girlfriend in parkade<\/p>\n
Evidence began Monday in the preliminary inquiry of Calgary murder suspect Devon Bradley Malik, who is charged in the fatal shooting of his ex-girlfriend last summer.<\/p>\n
But before calling the first of an anticipated 19 witnesses over the course of the scheduled five-day hearing, Crown prosecutor Greg Piper told Justice Heather Lamoureux that defence counsel Jim Lutz will not be contesting his client\u2019s committal to trial.<\/p>\n
A preliminary inquiry is to determine whether there is some evidence for a jury to consider and is a low bar for the prosecution to pass.<\/p>\n
Lutz also asked Lamoureux to order a publication ban on the evidence being presented by Piper and co-prosecutor Ryan Foran, a common request by the defence in preliminary hearings.<\/p>\n
The Calgary Court of Justice judge granted the mandatory order.<\/p>\n
Malik, 27, is charged with first-degree murder in the July 19, 2025, fatal shooting of his estranged girlfriend, Madisson Cobb, who was killed that afternoon in a parking garage near the Macleod Trail S.W. LASIK MD clinic where she worked.<\/p>\n
At the time of the shooting Malik was under a court order not to have contact with the Okotoks resident or attend her place of employment.<\/p>\n
A month before her death Cobb, 23, was granted a restraining order<\/a> by Calgary Court of King\u2019s Bench Justice Eleanor Funk after filing a sworn affidavit expressing her fear for Malik, with whom she dated for nearly a year before breaking up with him in January 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cThe RCMP made us aware that Devon has a firearm that they were unable to find, and Devon confirmed that he had one when speaking to me,\u201d the slain woman said in her statement.<\/p>\n She said her ex-boyfriend had been inundating her with messages and calls since they broke up Jan. 28, 2025.<\/p>\n In her affidavit seeking a restraining order, which was granted last June 10, and prohibited the accused from being within 100 metres of Cobb as well as her Okotoks home and her workplace, Cobb indicated she feared the man would harm her.<\/p>\n \u201cThis past month I have been living in fear, shake and have panic attacks when I\u2019m out or hear my phone go off out of fear he is there,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n Following an early court appearance by Malik last July, one of his aunts, who asked not to be named, said the family did all they could to help Cobb distance herself from the accused.<\/p>\n \u201cAll she wanted was for Devon to get help,\u201d the aunt said.<\/p>\n Malik remains in custody pending trial.<\/p>\n